Bilagáana bizaad doo shił bééhózin da

I don't speak English
I don't speak English


Bilagáana bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ

Bilagáana (“Americans”) + bizaad (“their language”) + -ísh (interrogative suffix) + dinitsʼaʼ (“you understand”)

do you speak English
do you speak English


Diné bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ

Diné (“Navajo”) + bizaad (“their language”) + -ísh (interrogative suffix) + dinitsʼaʼ (“you understand”)

do you speak Navajo
do you speak something


tʼáá ákótʼée doo

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tʼáá ákótʼée doo

/tʼáː ʔákʰótʼêː tòː/

tʼáá (“just”) + ákótʼé (“it is thus”) + doo (“it will be”)


tʼóó bílaʼ dijool

tʼóó (“merely, just”) + bílaʼ (“hand”) + dijool (“it is round”)

(idiomatic) all thumbs (clumsy; awkward; not dextrous)


yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́

yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́

yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́

yáʼátʼééh (“it is well”) + iʼííʼą́ (“the sun set”)


yáʼátʼééh abíní

yáʼátʼééh abíní

yáʼátʼééh abíní

/jɑ́ʔɑ́tʼéːh ʔɑ̀pɪ́nɪ́/

yáʼátʼééh (“it is well”) + abíní (“morning”)


tʼáá íiyisíí ahéheeʼ

/tʰɑ́ː ʔîːjɪ̀síː ʔɑ̀hɛ́hèːʔ/

Tʼáá íiyisíí ahéheeʼ, shá hwiiniłʼaʼígíí.


haaʼíílá ńtʼé

haaʼíílá ńtʼé?

haaʼíílá ńtʼé?


Nizhónígo Késhmish Daʼdoohłeeł

Merry Christmas (speaking to three or more people)


Laanaa yáʼátʼéehgo Késhmish, nił hózhǫ́ǫgo chʼídoohah

Laanaa yáʼátʼéehgo Késhmish (canonical)
nił hózhǫ́ǫgo chʼídoohah (canonical)

/lɑ̀ːnɑ̀ː jɑ́ʔɑ́tʼêːhko kʰɛ́ʃmɪ̀ʃ nɪ̀ɬ hóʒõ̂ːko t͡ʃʼɪ́tòːhɑ̀h/

laanaa (“wishing that it would”) + yáʼátʼéehgo (“being wonderful”) (from yáʼátʼééh (“good”) + -go (“adverbial suffix”)) + Késhmish (“Christmas”) + nił (“with you”) + hózhǫ́ǫgo (“joyfully”) (from hózhǫ́ (“beauty and harmony”) + -go (“adverbial suffix”)) + chʼídoohah (“the year will start”)

laanaa yáʼátʼéehgo Késhmish, nił hózhǫ́ǫgo chʼídoohah


Nizhónígo Nináánááhai Dooleeł

/nɪ̀ʒónɪ́kò nɪ̀nɑ́ːnɑ́ːhɑ̀ɪ̀ tòːlèːɬ/

nizhóní (“beautiful”) + -go (“adverbial suffix”) + nináánááhai (“again a year has passed”) + dooleeł (“it will be”)


ayóóʼánííníshʼní

ayóóʼánííníshʼní

/ʔɑ̀jóːʔɑ́níːnɪ́ʃʔnɪ́/

ayóo (“very”) + á- (“thus”) + ni- (2nd-person object prefix) + yíní- (“directed at”) + sh- (1st-person subject prefix) + d- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of -NIID (“to feel, want, desire, love”)

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-ní</i>


ayóóʼánóshʼní

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ayóóʼánóshʼní

/ʔɑ̀jóʔɑ́nóʃʔnɪ́/


shitah honeezgai

shitah (“in my body”) + ho- (“it (denoting space or area)”) + neezgai (“it hurts”)


dikos shidoolnaʼ

dikos (“cough”) + shidoolnaʼ (“I got infected with it”)


shitah honiigai

shitah (“in my body”) + honiigaii (“it (an area) got very warm”)


ʼáh nístsʼííd

ʼáh nístsʼííd

ʼáh nístsʼííd


ʼáásh ńtsʼííd

ʼáásh ńtsʼííd?

ʼáásh ńtsʼííd?


tʼáá hó ájítʼéego tʼéiyá

tʼáá hó ájítʼéego tʼéiyá

tʼáá hó ájítʼéego tʼéiyá

tʼáá (“just”) + hó (“someone”) + ájítʼé (“he is”) + -go (adverbial suffix) + tʼéiyá (“only”)

just do it; it’s up to you; that’s all it takes (take responsibility for yourself)


náʼoolkiłí tʼááłáʼí ahééʼílkid bee náás ninádajiiłkeed

náʼoolkiłí (“clock”) + tʼááłáʼí (“one”) + ahééʼílkid (“hour”) + bee (“by means of it”) + náás (“forward”) + ninádajiiłkeed (“the people set it”)

daylight saving time
daylight saving time


háadish nitsʼééʼ łeeʼ sitą́

háadi (“where”) + -ísh (interrogative suffix) + ni- (“your”) + atsʼééʼ (“umbilicus”) + łeeʼ (“in the ground”) + sitą́ (“a slender stiff object lies”) (literally, where is your umbilical cord buried?)


háádę́ę́ʼísh íiyisíí naniná

/hɑ́ːtẽ́ːʔɪ́ʃ ʔîːjɪ̀síː nɑ̀nɪ̀nɑ́/

háádę́ę́ʼ (“where from”) + -ísh (interrogative suffix) + íiyisíí (“mainly”) + naniná (“walk around”)

Dził Dahazkánídę́ę́ʼ naashá.


hashtʼeʼ nihénil

/hɑ̀ʃtʼɛ̀ʔ nɪ̀hɛ́nɪ̀l/

hashtʼeʼ (“aside”) + 1st-person perfective form of niyii (“he places it”)

Hooghan łaʼ nahideeshnih biniiyé béeso hashtʼeʼ niheshnííł

I saved money (literally, I have set it aside)


Baa Hózhǫ́ǫgo Nee Nínáádoohah

/pɑ̀ː hóʒõ̂ːkò nèː nɪ́nɑ́ːtòːhɑ̀h/

baa (“about it”) + hózhǫ́ (“happy”) + -go (adverbial suffix) + nee (“with you”) + nínáádoohah (“again a year will pass”)


doo shił yáʼátʼéeh da

/tòː ʃɪ̀ɬ jɑ́ʔɑ́tʼêːh tɑ̀/

I don’t like it (reflects a personal preference).


shídóʼ

shídóʼ (first-person singular)
nihídóʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihídóʼ (first-person plural)
nídóʼ (second-person singular)
nihídóʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihídóʼ (plural second-person)
bídóʼ (third-person)
yídóʼ (fourth-person)
hádóʼ (fourth-person)
ádóʼ (indefinite)


naadiin shinááhai

I'm twenty years old
I'm twenty years old


tʼáá hó ájítʼéégóó

tʼáá hó ájítʼéégóó

tʼáá hó ájítʼéégóó

/tʼɑ́ː hó ɑ́t͡ʃɪ́tʼéːkóː/

tʼáá (“just”) + hó (“someone”) + ájítʼé (“he is”) + -góó (to)

just do it; just move it; it’s up to you; that’s all it takes (take responsibility for yourself)


baa hózhǫ́ǫgo niʼdizhchį́

/pɑ̀ː hóʒṍːkò nɪ̀ʔtɪ̀ʒt͡ʃʰĩ́/


doo shił bééhózin da

/tòː ʃɪ̀ɬ péːhózɪ̀n tɑ̀/


éí ííníyą́ąʼgo naaʼdidoolyééł

"if you eat that, your spouse will be stolen"


Diné bizaad doo shił bééhózin da

Diné bizaad (“Navajo”) + doo (“not”) + shił (“with me”) + bééhózin (“there is knowledge about it”) + da (“not”)


bą́ą́h ílį́

/pɑ̃́ːh ʔɪ́lĩ́/

díí chʼah díkwíí bą́ą́h ílį́?

naakitsʼáadah béeso bą́ą́h ílį́

it is worth, it costs, it is valuable, it is of value


haalá áńtʼé

haa (“how”) + lá (exclamatory suffix) + áńtʼé (“you are”)


ąąʼ háádę́ę́ʼ

ąąʼ háádę́ę́ʼ?

ąąʼ háádę́ę́ʼ?

/ʔɑ̃̀ːʔ hɑ́ːtẽ́ːʔ/

ąąʼ (“well”) + háadi (“where”) + -dę́ę́ʼ (from) (the word ąąʼ makes it a polite and friendly question)

Hoozdodę́ę́ʼ naashá.


ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná

(greeting) how are you? (literally, what are you doing?)


dichin nisin

/tɪ̀t͡ʃʰɪ̀n nɪ̀sɪ̀n/


haʼátʼíí átʼé

haʼátʼíí átʼé?

haʼátʼíí átʼé?


áłchínísh nihee dahólǫ́

áłchíní (“children”) + -ísh (interrogative particle) + nihee (“by means of you”) + da- (pluralizing prefix) + hólǫ́ (“there is”)

do you have children
do you have children


dibááʼ nisin

I'm thirsty, I need a drink (nonalcoholic).


dibááʼ shiʼniiłhį

dibááʼ (“thirst”) + shiʼniiłhį (“it began to kill me”)


ahidiitʼash shį́į́

ʼah- (each other) + di- (inceptive aspect) + 1st-person dual future tense of niitʼaash (“to come, to get to a place”) + shį́į́ (“maybe, should”)


naaʼahóóhai bikʼǫ́ǫ́ʼ éí haitʼáo nínízin?


doo bá niséyáhí da

doo (“not”) + bá (“for it”) + 1st-person perfective of naaghá (“is going around”) + -hí (enclitic relating that nothing of significance was done) + da (“not”)


yáʼátʼééh abínóó

yáʼátʼééh abínóó

yáʼátʼééh abínóó

yáʼátʼééh (“it is well”) + abínóó (morning, in an emphatic shout), a variation of abíní (“morning”)

good morning (shouted at a distance, as across a room)


tʼáá shį́į́ áko

tʼáá shį́į́ áko

tʼáá shį́į́ áko


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"if you want help in Navajo, call this number..."


nihídóʼ

first/second-person duoplural possessed form of shídóʼ


nídóʼ

second-person singular possessed form of shídóʼ